Practical class 6 - Poultry Coccidiosis

Learning outcomes

Illustrations used during the class

• Chicken caecum histology
• Eimeria infection stages

Poultry coccidiosis

Video presentation (Windows Media format)

• Acute Eimeria tenella infection of chicken
  • Blood in droppings
  • PM view
  • Caecal contents
  • Giemsa's stained caecal smear
  • Giemsa's stained section of caecum
    • Low power view
    • High power view
• Unsporulated Oocysts
• Sporulated oocyst

Worksheet answers 

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